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STRIKE LIKE THUNDERBALL

Nothing much has been heard from German specialist sports car manufacturer Wiesmann for the past few years. Bankruptcy tends to do that, though. The boutique carmaker, which was founded in 1988 and produced a string of high-powered convertibles and coupes through the 1990s and early 2000s, filed for bankruptcy in 2013 and closed its doors a year later.

Soon after the closure, salvation seemed at hand in the form of Contec Global, an international technology firm led by Indian-born, British-based Roheen Berry, who acquired the rights to Wiesmann in a deal that

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